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Background: Sex-related differences in outcomes following cardiac surgery are well documented, with females generally experiencing higher postoperative mortality rates than males. However, the underlying factors driving this disparity remain incomple...

Streptomyces sp. MC1, a bacterium isolated from an environment contaminated with organic and inorganic pollutants, can reduce chromium and degrade lindane, making it a promising candidate for bioremediation. However, a major challenge in bioremediati...

Background: Prostate cancer remains a leading cause of mortality in men, making early, accurate detection crucial for early intervention. While radiologists utilize the Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System (PI-RADS) for the interpretation of MR...

Polymers are effective agents for EOR due to their water solubility, which improves water viscosity, sweep volume, and displacement efficiency. To elucidate their mechanisms in EOR and optimize polymer–water synergistic flooding parameters, thi...

Climate change poses an unprecedented threat to global biodiversity, with birds serving as critical indicators of ecosystem responses. This study assessed the impacts of climate change on 29 endangered bird species in South Korea, a critical stopover...

The Songliao River Basin, as a core area of multicultural integration in Northeast China, still lacks systematic research on the spatial distribution of religious sites and their influencing factors. This study integrates spatial pattern analysis met...

Switched reluctance motors (SRMs) are promising for applications such as air compressors due to their robust structure and fault tolerance, but suffer from high torque ripple and radial electromagnetic forces that cause vibration and noise. This pape...

The objective of this study is to evaluate the effects of crude protein (CP) levels and antibiotics in feed on the growth performance, body composition, nutrient digestion and absorption, gut health, and microbiota of weaned piglets. A total of 100 p...

South Africa’s wine industry has traditionally concentrated on developed nations as its principal export markets. In recent years, regional markets within East Africa have emerged as promising areas for growth. However, these markets have not b...

The genetic mechanism of high-quality reservoirs in the tight sandstone of the Shaximiao Formation, Sichuan Basin, remains poorly understood, hindering effective exploration. This study integrates petrographic analysis and fluid inclusion homogenizat...

Sustainable renovation is a critical aspect for designing energy-efficient buildings with reasonable cost and high indoor living standards. The objective of this paper is to investigate various renovation scenarios for an old, uninsulated building wi...

The Veracruz Reef System National Park (VRSNP), located in the central Gulf of Mexico, is one of the country’s most ecologically and economically significant coral systems. Despite its high biodiversity and ecosystem functionality, it is affect...

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of gibberellins on the setting and quality of parthenocarpic apples (Malus × domestica Borkh.). The experiment was conducted in 2021 on the ‘Golden Delicious’ cultivar in the Warsa...

Submerged macrophytes play a pivotal role in the restoration of shallow lakes. Compared to meadow-forming Vallisneria, canopy-forming Myriophyllum spicatum exhibits characteristics that may render it the dominant species. However, M. spicatum may ham...

The aim of this preliminary study was to compare two core-carrier obturation techniques—GuttaFusion (GF) and SoftCore (SC)—used in combination with a bioceramic sealer (NeoSealer Flo), and to evaluate their ability to fill simulated root...

Heavy metals accumulate in forest soils worldwide, yet their effects on greenhouse gas dynamics remain poorly understood. Mycorrhizal fungi lie at the heart of this issue. These symbiotic organisms regulate carbon and nutrient flow between trees and...

Background/Objectives: Iodine plays a key role in thyroid hormone synthesis and metabolic regulation in vertebrates. This study aimed to evaluate the in vivo bioavailability of iodine and assess selected biochemical parameters and thyroid-related gen...

Enterprises in industries such as coking and metallurgy possess extensive industrial equipment requiring real-time monitoring and timely fault detection. Transmitting all monitoring data to servers or cloud platforms for processing presents challenge...

Background: Pancreatic and periampullary cancers are common tumors of the digestive tract. As a radical surgical approach, laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy requires crucial preoperative assessment of its surgical difficulty. Materials and methods...

Geochemical whole-rock variations in the Kovdozero complex in the Lapland–Belomorian Belt (LBB) are compared with those observed in the Pados-Tundra layered complex in the Serpentinite Belt (SB) in the complementary structure in the Fennoscandi...

In this Special Issue of Cancers, we bring together a collection of five studies that capture the rapidly evolving landscape of skin malignancies of the head and neck [...]

Despite the progressive increase in obesity and associated chronic diseases in children, there is limited evidence on the optimal dosage of most medications for obese children and adolescents. This review analyzes the influence of pathophysiological...

Background/Objectives: Leishmaniasis is a neglected parasitic disease with significant global impact and limited therapeutic options due to the toxicity and cost of current treatments. Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) derived from amphibians, such as Oc...

The creation of bioenergy based on the biomass wood pellet industry, which accounts for the majority of the global biomass supply, is one of the most common and important ways to utilize waste wood, wood dust, and other byproducts of wood manufacturi...

Rearrangements such as the McLafferty rearrangement are common in mass spectrometry of positive ions, but rare in negative ions. The present article searched the literature for McLafferty rearrangements of negative ions formed by negative electrospra...

Background/Objectives: This study aimed to compare two surgical techniques for Osia® system implantation performed at two European clinical centers: Poznań (Poland) and Freiburg (Germany). Methods: The study included 83 patients who underwen...

Conventional polymer-based plugging materials often fail in deep-well environments due to passive thermal softening and network relaxation, which significantly compromise mechanical integrity and interfacial retention. To address this challenge, a no...

Background: Although anti-CD38 monoclonal antibody-based regimens are standard care for newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (NDMM), direct comparative efficacy and comprehensive real-world safety data remain scarce. Methods: We conducted a systematic re...

Background and Objectives: Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) is a complex disease that involves changes in multiple organs and even the central nervous system (CNS). CP/CPPS may elevate seizure risk via neuroinflammatory mech...

The European Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) (WFD) aims to protect inland surface waters, transitional waters, coastal waters and groundwater. The overarching goal of the WFD is to reach a good aquatic ecosystem throughout all of Europe. With...

Modern distributed systems increasingly rely on reactive programming to meet the demands of high throughput and low latency under extreme concurrency. While the theoretical advantages of non-blocking I/O are well-established, empirical understanding...

Background/Objectives: Scaphoid fractures are a common wrist injury, typically diagnosed and treated through X-ray imaging, a process that is often time-consuming. Among the various types of scaphoid fractures, occult and nondisplaced fractures pose...

Due to global increases in poultry meat and egg production, consumers request sustainable agricultural practices, requiring alternative solutions for future feeding. Global egg production increased by over 41% between 2000 and 2020, from 51 to 87 mil...

Effective spare parts management (SPM) is imperative for equipment-intensive organizations to reduce equipment downtime through maintenance. Despite the extensive availability of data-driven SPM methodologies, decision-makers are challenged and tend...

The workplace, as a promising location for Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE), presents a particular challenge, as different user requirements (e.g., parking and charging durations) meet a spatially and quantitatively limited offer of EVSE. How...

Objective: This study aims to engineer a novel nanoparticle formulation for combined tumor therapy, designated as PDA@Mn-siSur-c-NPs, which comprises a polydopamine/manganese dioxide (PDA@MnO2) core alongside survivin-targeting siRNA and cyclo(RGD-DP...

As a cushion for the volatility of renewable energy, energy storage systems can achieve peak shaving and valley filling, thereby improving the operational efficiency and economic performance of the power grid. In addition, energy storage systems can...

Carbofuran, a widely used carbamate pesticide, is an endocrine disruptor with documented reproductive toxicity, yet the mechanisms underlying its ovarian toxicity remain incompletely understood. This study employed integrated network toxicology and u...

Postnatal muscle development involves complex transcriptional regulation that remains poorly characterized in goats. This study employed RNA-Seq to profile the Longissimus dorsitranscriptome of Leizhou Black goats across three developmental stages: b...

Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) is a globally important forage crop; however, improvements in its biomass yield have stagnated due to its complex genetic architecture and the costly, labor-intensive phenotyping. This study evaluated the potential of the no...

This study systematically investigates the thickness-dependent mechanical properties of electroplated copper foils with fine-grained (FG-Cu) and columnar nanotwinned (NT-Cu) microstructures. Tensile testing across a thickness range of 5–30 μ...

A gauge function for the van der Pol oscillator is constructed and used to perform stability analysis of this system as well as to determine its dynamical states without solving the corresponding equation of motion. Despite previous claims that the o...

Ancient wheat cultivars play a crucial role in human and animal nutrition and health, serving as rich sources of bioactive compounds, essential nutrients, and functional metabolites. This study investigated Triticum turgidum subsp. durum (cv. Saragol...

Synthetic cathinones represent the second most frequently reported group of new psychoactive substances identified annually, according to the United Nations. It remains unknown whether specific derivatives differ in the onset of effects related to ab...

Obesity and air pollution are two pervasive and increasingly prevalent risk factors for neurodegenerative diseases, like Alzheimer’s disease. Both independently disrupt brain homeostasis through overlapping mechanisms, including chronic neuroin...

This article examines Split Fiction, a cooperative video game that engages with themes of authorship, creativity, and artificial intelligence in the digital age. The game presents aspiring authors whose creative ideas are extracted by a corporate mac...

Flavonoids, natural organic compounds from the polyphenolic group with broad bioactive and pharmaceutical properties, are strong ligands for many metal ions. This work describes the formation of the complex between Zn(II) and morin. The synthesized c...

Polyampholytes combine cationic and anionic groups in one macromolecular platform and are emerging as versatile components for energy storage and conversion. This review synthesizes how their charge balance, hydration, and architecture can be enginee...

The mechanical properties of cubic (c-BN) and wurtzite (w-BN) boron nitride structures were investigated and compared using density functional theory (DFT) with several exchange–correlation functionals. This research focuses on determining the...

For network graphs, numerous graph features are intimately linked to eigenvalues of the Laplacian matrix, such as connectivity and diameter. Thus, it is very important to solve eigenvalues of the Laplacian matrix for graphs. Similarly, for higher-ord...